The Brazilian fruit and vegetable sectors have reasons to celebrate. On June 16, Brazil government completed five years of publication of the Joint Normative Instruction (INC) 1/2014, which systematized and simplified the registration process of agrochemicals for the management of Insecticidal Plant Supplements (CSFI), also known as Minor Crops. The measure represents a significant advance […]
The Illinois Department of Agriculture announced recently it will extend the deadline for dicamba application on soybeans in Illinois for the 2019 growing season until July 15th. Ag Director John Sullivan says the decision was not taken lightly but hopes it will provide relief to farmers pressured by planting decisions from extreme wet weather. Anyone […]
As part of Korea’s strategy for the transfer of agricultural technology to developing countries, the Rural Development Administration (RDA) has been building agricultural R&D partnerships over the past two decades with counterparts from developing countries in Asia, including Vietnam. The cooperation has been carried out through the Korea Program on International Agriculture (KOPIA) and the […]
The National Sanitary Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) has extended for 30 days the deadline for sending contributions to the public consultation regarding the re-evaluation of the herbicide glyphosate . The new deadline is July 8. The decision was taken by Anvisa to meet requests from organized civil society organizations, who seek to continue the use of […]
Austria is heading toward a likely ban of glyphosate this year after the far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ) backed the Social Democrats’ drive to end usage of the controversial weedkiller. “There are enough studies that adequately demonstrate the risk that glyphosate poses to the environment and human health,” the FPÖ’s new party leader, Norbert Hofer, said Wednesday. “It […]
Soybean producers in the state of Parana have noticed in recent years that their state has been recording the highest number of soybean rust cases of any state in Brazil. The anti-rust division of Embrapa confirmed again that the most cases of soybean rust during the 2018/19 growing season occurred in Parana, especially in western […]
The USDA has slashed it’s 2019 corn production estimate because of widespread planting delays caused by heavy rainfall and flooding in key U.S. growing areas. As of June 1st, the crop is projected at 13.680 billion bushels, down 1.35 billion from May’s report, with the USDA lowering planted and harvested acreage expectations by 3 million […]
The Argentine National Service of Health and Food Quality (Senasa) was present at V National Day of Bio- inputs, Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Agriculture, which took place on May 15, 2019 at the Argentine Pavilion of the National University of Córdoba (UNC). As in 2018, the event saw a large attendance, exceeding 300 people. […]
For the first time in Tunisia, drones will be used to secure the national grain harvest, Samir Taieb, Tunisian minister of agriculture, water resources and fisheries, announced on Monday. During an interview with the local radio station Mosaique FM, Taieb confirmed a meeting on Wednesday with the Interior Minister Hichem Fourati on the problem of […]